Virginie Ledoyen

At the age of two, Virginie Ledoyen received her first modeling assignment and at age nine was cast in her first film. That same year she enrolled in performing arts school in Paris. At age 13 she starred in Mima with Nino Manfredi, directed by Philomène Esposito. In 1993, she appeared in Christian de Chalonge's Le Voleur d'enfants, with Marcello Mastroianni, and Elie Chouraqui's Les Marmottes with Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Hugues Anglade.

In 1995 she starred in Benoît Jacquot's La Fille seule for which she was nominated for the Most Promising Young Actress at the 1996 César Awards. Ledoyen next appeared in Edward Yang's Mahjong, Gérard Krawczyk's Héroïnes, and Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Jeanne et le garçon formidable, which won first prize at the Paris Film Festival in 1998, with Ledoyen awarded Best Actress.